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In September 2021, we formally recognised the scale and importance of the situation by publishing a climate declaration. Climate change is the most significant health threat modern society has ever faced: it affects clean air, safe drinking water, food and shelter. It’s not about being greedy; it is not about taking what you can, it is about the holistic approach and getting the balance right. Patient care is paramount but at the same time we can also take care of the environment while also being successful in our right in a clinical and business sense’. Modelling shows us that the last 50 years of public health gains will be wiped out if we don’t do something now. In September 2021, we formally recognised the scale and importance of the situation by publishing a climate declaration. 1 https://9tj4025ol53byww26jdkao0x-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-07-01-Professionals_Charter_text.pdf

Recycling is the thin end of the green wedge and is something everyone can get into, and everyone can understand. It’s popular, and demand for recycling is high,’ she says. We do not provide either medical or legal advice, please consult your doctor or other suitably trained professional wherever appropriate. Cannabis is a controlled-substance throughout the UK and Channel Islands. We aim to provide you with the knowledge and support you need to make confident decisions about your She adds: ‘The most sustainable thing we can do in community pharmacy is to provide services that prevent the need for further healthcare.’Demand for healthcare is already increasing, with a growing and ageing demographic, increasing global burden of disease, and increasingly complex diagnostic and treatment methods. As the number of people with multiple health conditions grows, meeting their needs will be one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS. Significant research and stakeholder engagement has been undertaken to identify key priorities for how pharmacy teams can respond to the climate and ecological emergency. The role of the pharmacist and the pharmacy team in preventing illness, optimising medicines and reducing pharmaceutical waste already reduces the impact of medicines on the climate. What we haven’t done before is overtly link the two. Pharmacists are experts in medicines and their safe and effective use. 7 This is particularly important as medicines are the most common intervention in healthcare. 8 Optimising medicine usage is in itself a ‘green activity,’ Ms Lyons says. She uses the example of counselling patients on appropriate inhaler disposal and use which will lower the need for further asthma inhalers.

This policy deliberately focuses on reducing the environmental harm from medicines, rather than the wider climate and ecological emergency. As experts in medicines, pharmacists have a professional responsibility to take a leading role in reducing the environmental impact of medicines use. increase your engagement with your condition and medicines, supporting you to make decisions about your treatment and self-management A spokesperson for TerraCycle told The Pharmacist, there was an ‘encouragingly high uptake’ for the scheme. However, the resources set up at the beginning of the project were unable to accommodate the large quantities of recycling being received. Coventry, England The GP Service (UK) Limited, Coventry University Technology Park, Puma Way, Coventry, CV1 2TT https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-insights-and-statistics/prescribing-and-medicines-team

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Last month, NHSE recruited community pharmacy teams to refer adults living with obesity, and other conditions, to the twelve-week online NHS weight management programme. This month, a study found that switching an asthma patient from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry powder inhaler significantly reduces their carbon footprint without loss of asthma control. If we consider the life cycle of a medicine, from design and development, marketing authorisation to production, post- authorisation, health technology assessment, prescription and consumption and finally waste disposal, pharmacy can have an impact at every stage.